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ryan infected by moderate massachusetts mitt romney? >> well, i think what you heard this morning when i asked him this question, and he as mitted there were differences between them but he also tried to say the differences between romney and ryan pale in comparison to the differences between the obama ticket and the romney ticket, but he seemed to indicate that ryan's job is to defend the romney plan and the romney budget. i do think what chris points out, that what biden's strategy is going to be is to try to create a split, is try to put him in an awkward position, make him defend one or the other. i think one thing to watch for tonight is it's my understanding -- from when i was talking to the campaigns, if they get one thing out of biden tonight, the obama campaign, that is to make the base of the democratic party feel better tonight, that he gets a little aggressive, that he goes after some core issues like abortion, like contraception to make the base feel better. on the ryan side, they know they sort of have in a weird way they
ryan infected by moderate massachusetts mitt romney? >> well, i think what you heard this morning when i asked him this question, and he as mitted there were differences between them but he also tried to say the differences between romney and ryan pale in comparison to the differences between the obama ticket and the romney ticket, but he seemed to indicate that ryan's job is to defend the romney plan and the romney budget. i do think what chris points out, that what biden's strategy is...
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. >> paul ryan set to clear any confusion about the romney/ryan ticket. >> i'm a pro-life candidate, i'll be a pro-life president. >> our position is consistent and hasn't changed. >> he can't clear up confusion on his own budget. >> i don't have the time -- it would take me too long to go through all the math. >> oh, brother. just spin already. >> i just got to ask what's your personal best? >> 1under three. >> holy smoke. >> i stand by what i said, whatever it was. >>> we are pumped up, fired up, and jacked up with just hours until tonight's first and only face-off between vice president joseph biden and vice presidential nominee paul ryan. and what was once regarded as a popcorn side show has taken on far greater significance in the wake of the president's less than scintillating performance last week. democrats are anxious, republicans are hungry for a surge, and as ryan and biden take the stage tonight, they have a chance to influence this election at a volatile moment. and the president himself knows he's got to push harder against his ever-shifting rival. speaking just moments
. >> paul ryan set to clear any confusion about the romney/ryan ticket. >> i'm a pro-life candidate, i'll be a pro-life president. >> our position is consistent and hasn't changed. >> he can't clear up confusion on his own budget. >> i don't have the time -- it would take me too long to go through all the math. >> oh, brother. just spin already. >> i just got to ask what's your personal best? >> 1under three. >> holy smoke. >> i stand...
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and mitt romney has picked paul ryan. but, you know, i think the point to remember here is that romney/ryan part of this is something the republicans had already started and scott brown is deeply tied into. look it at the votes they've already taken. the buffett rule, whether or not billionaires should be able to get away paying half of rate of their secretaries, scott brown voted to protect those tax breaks for billionaires. the oil company subsidies, the biggest profitable companies in the united states making huge profits, scott brown and all the republicans said they get to keep those tax breaks. but then when it came time to give tax breaks to 98% of america's working families, scott brown and the republicans said, no, no, no. no breaks for them unless the top 2% get even bigger breaks. so the basic direction of romney, ryan, brown has already been set. it's just gone now to its clearest position with the adoption of ryan as the running mate. >> well, thanks for being on. it's great to have you on. running for the un
and mitt romney has picked paul ryan. but, you know, i think the point to remember here is that romney/ryan part of this is something the republicans had already started and scott brown is deeply tied into. look it at the votes they've already taken. the buffett rule, whether or not billionaires should be able to get away paying half of rate of their secretaries, scott brown voted to protect those tax breaks for billionaires. the oil company subsidies, the biggest profitable companies in the...
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ryan, romney, romney of course on the top of the ticket. i think you've seen from democrats a real attempt to tie the republican ticket to the house republicans who don't have a very high favorability rating so that's going to be what biden's going to try to do, lay out point by point. he'd been reading that book "young guns" by some of those tea party folks partly authored by paul ryan. i think it's a matter of laying those facts out and hitting him back with his own words. $18 billion taken from medicare where he does the same thing in his budget. >> well, and as far as the gender gap numbers, easterin. president obama gained among women after the debate while romney gained them on men. we talked after the debate and you and others noted there was not a lot of conversation -- i mean, listen, we know that women are concerned about the economy. we get that. i actually even don't like when people say that because that is a no brainer. we're all concerned about the economy. everyone wants to work. and we know that there are men who are concer
ryan, romney, romney of course on the top of the ticket. i think you've seen from democrats a real attempt to tie the republican ticket to the house republicans who don't have a very high favorability rating so that's going to be what biden's going to try to do, lay out point by point. he'd been reading that book "young guns" by some of those tea party folks partly authored by paul ryan. i think it's a matter of laying those facts out and hitting him back with his own words. $18...
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or are you running and paul ryan as part of the romney/ryan ticket? how much should we expect to hear tonight about the way paul ryan comported himself in the house of representatives? >> well, you know, rachel, mitt romney and paul ryan campaigned all throughout the state of wisconsin during the republican primaries, where mitt romney completely wrapped his arms around paul ryan's policies. paul ryan's budget. i think that is going to be a piece of the discussion tonight and i think that is, you know, part of what the american people need to decide on, whether or not they want a budget that protects tax cuts for those at the top but is cutting education, and veterans and clean energy, innovation, infrastructure, turning medicare into a voucher program. those are the types of choices that the meamerican people have before them and that will be part of the discussion tonight. >> you said earlier today, stephanie, that paul ryan and mitt romney are politicizing the attack in benghazi that killed our ambassador there. the republican national committee re
or are you running and paul ryan as part of the romney/ryan ticket? how much should we expect to hear tonight about the way paul ryan comported himself in the house of representatives? >> well, you know, rachel, mitt romney and paul ryan campaigned all throughout the state of wisconsin during the republican primaries, where mitt romney completely wrapped his arms around paul ryan's policies. paul ryan's budget. i think that is going to be a piece of the discussion tonight and i think that...
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ryan, romney or obama? i don't tell people how to vote. >> no, in terms of policy. >> people have to make judgment calls on where they think federal dollars should go. medicare's on the same path spending wise under obama and ryan. it will grow gdp plus 0.5%. obama tries to make that work by changing things on the provider and payment side. ryan does it by moving to a voucher program. if you're voting on medicare in the direction you think will be more effective. >> take a look at this romney campaign ad. it's the new tv ad attacking the president on medicare coming from romney's side. >> you paid into medicare for years. every paycheck. now when you need it, obama has cut $716 billion from medicare. why? to pay for obama care. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed health care is is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. >> again, the obama campaign had a respo
ryan, romney or obama? i don't tell people how to vote. >> no, in terms of policy. >> people have to make judgment calls on where they think federal dollars should go. medicare's on the same path spending wise under obama and ryan. it will grow gdp plus 0.5%. obama tries to make that work by changing things on the provider and payment side. ryan does it by moving to a voucher program. if you're voting on medicare in the direction you think will be more effective. >> take a...
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now we're coming up to romney and ryan. not this debate specifically coming after president obama's gaffe before. >> that was a big thing for everybody here in the room. this was a big debate obviously because of president obama's performance last time. glen, that's why you paid a lot of attention here tonight, correct? >> yes, i think biden came on real strong and confident. i think he needed to do that because obama's performance last week was disappointing. >> and do you think the president will be up to it now that the bar's been raised next week? >> we'll see. >> you're still undecided. >> yes. >> sam, you're still undecided. you gave me an answer earlier. you said, you know, they've been running for president for months and months and months. you have the internet, newspapers, radio, tv. you're getting bombarded by ads here. why can't you make up your mind? >> as i said before, we work for a living. you know, a lot of us get up at 4:00 a.m., go to work for 12, 14 hours. we're at home with our kids. we're not doing thi
now we're coming up to romney and ryan. not this debate specifically coming after president obama's gaffe before. >> that was a big thing for everybody here in the room. this was a big debate obviously because of president obama's performance last time. glen, that's why you paid a lot of attention here tonight, correct? >> yes, i think biden came on real strong and confident. i think he needed to do that because obama's performance last week was disappointing. >> and do you...
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that's not where mitt romney is. so poor paul ryan. he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. >> don't forget big bird there, jonathan. remember governor romney did give us a specific, he's going to get rid of big bird. >> that's impressive. ari, for sheer bravado in the absence of any details, paul ryan surely wins the oscar because he claims six studies prove that their 20% tax cut will be revenue neutral and won't increase the deficit. but i have to tell you, three of those six studies were blog posts or op-eds and one of them was paid for by romney for president, inc. that's the most elegant mendacity i've ever seen, isn't it? >> i would love to have their campaign promote my blog. if each post is a study, you can really get on a roll there. i'm really glad you're spotlighting this, martin, because this is the biggest problem they have on the domestic front. they've outlined these 20% cuts for everyone, that's a 20% cut in taxes for the 1%, and then they've said but don't worry, it's not really going to cut the taxes on the ric
that's not where mitt romney is. so poor paul ryan. he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. >> don't forget big bird there, jonathan. remember governor romney did give us a specific, he's going to get rid of big bird. >> that's impressive. ari, for sheer bravado in the absence of any details, paul ryan surely wins the oscar because he claims six studies prove that their 20% tax cut will be revenue neutral and won't increase the deficit. but i have to tell you, three of those...
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i'm absolutely committed to romney/ryan winning this thing. we've got to do it. >> sean: the one state i worry about the most for romney/ryan is ohio. it's a state that goes back and forth. the economy has improved since john kasich has been governor. >> he's done a great job, but still facing the headwinds from washington. you can only do so much as a governor. he's closed the budget deficit, cut some taxes, made our state more attractive to business, but still we have relatively high unemployment compared to what we're used to in ohio. we've got 7.2% unemployment, but when you include the folks who have stopped looking for work, it's over 10%. you ask folks how things are going in ohio, you talk to people, people they don't want to talk about the record, what he's done as president. it's hard to talk about the economy, because things are so bad. they've turned it. instead they're attacking mitt romney's business record, which, my, gosh, wouldn't it be great to have somebody who knows how to create a job in government? >> sean: just one. obam
i'm absolutely committed to romney/ryan winning this thing. we've got to do it. >> sean: the one state i worry about the most for romney/ryan is ohio. it's a state that goes back and forth. the economy has improved since john kasich has been governor. >> he's done a great job, but still facing the headwinds from washington. you can only do so much as a governor. he's closed the budget deficit, cut some taxes, made our state more attractive to business, but still we have relatively...
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look at them taking a look at the romney/ryan ticket. voted against acts, backed some of the strictest anti-abortion bills in the country. when women learn about that, how do they evaluate those merits when they go into the voting booth? >> i think first and foremost we need to uerstand that paul rye sn a strict catholic, and there are many americans that agree with him and a lot of strict catholics that also believe what he believes concerning abortion. the thing that i find offensive about the quote/unquote, republican, there are innuation the only thing women care about is contraception and abortion. for me as an american woman i concerned about the economy, about national defense. a whole broad spectrum of things i'm concerned with with the future of america that go way beyond birth control and abortion. when women get to the voting booth it's not going to be the number one issue. and a lot of pro-choice, myself included. >> what equal pay in the workplace be important to you as a woman? >> listen, that's not something i can defend,
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paul ryan, isn't that something? wait a second. romney, ryan, romney, ryan, romney, ryan. there we go. all right, that's great. thank you. >> it's possible to forgive poor mitt romney for feeling a little overshadowed by his running mate. after all, it's hard to compete with a guy who can catch fish with his bare hands while at the same time promoting a budget that would rob kids of their free lunch meals. how much of mitt romney's campaign belong to mitt romney? you can't help but wonder if mr. romney is just going along for the ride. joining us is tim dickinson of "rolling stone." his new article is in the current issue of the magazine and an excellent read it is, too. tim, i'd like to show you something before we delve into your article. just take a listen to this, tim. >> the only thing that limits you is your god given talent and your own effort. we need to have that dynamic economy returned. do you that by growing the economy and getting people a hand up, not a hand out. teach a man how to fish, he can feed himself for a life. don't simply feed fish. >> right. sow do
paul ryan, isn't that something? wait a second. romney, ryan, romney, ryan, romney, ryan. there we go. all right, that's great. thank you. >> it's possible to forgive poor mitt romney for feeling a little overshadowed by his running mate. after all, it's hard to compete with a guy who can catch fish with his bare hands while at the same time promoting a budget that would rob kids of their free lunch meals. how much of mitt romney's campaign belong to mitt romney? you can't help but wonder...
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the romney/ryan team has other plans in place of medicare which covers people who have retired, it would offer them vouchers. vouchers. imagine some 80-year-old to get on that bus somewhere and go try to find someone to sell them a health insurance policy. good luck, granny. that's not the whole of it. listen to romney when you're not supposed to be listen pentagon the best time to listen to him is when he doesn't think you're listening. saying they have simply failed to take personal responsibility for their lives. nice talk. listen to romney say out loud if you have a pre-existing medical condition and don't have insurance, well, that's your problem because that was your decision. that's how he talks. the same with the automobile industry. romney -- obama stuck his neck out to rescue it for all kinds of good reasons. his challenger said let it take bankruptcy. these are the drastic differences these debates should debate and they better do it. i'm joined by john heilemann, former rnc chair michael steele, my kind of republican. that will kill them. and politico's j. mar, jonathan mart
the romney/ryan team has other plans in place of medicare which covers people who have retired, it would offer them vouchers. vouchers. imagine some 80-year-old to get on that bus somewhere and go try to find someone to sell them a health insurance policy. good luck, granny. that's not the whole of it. listen to romney when you're not supposed to be listen pentagon the best time to listen to him is when he doesn't think you're listening. saying they have simply failed to take personal...
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congressman ryan differs with mitt romney. he believes abortion should only be used to save a mother's life. on monday, romney took a harsher turn. in an interview, he said this. >> comments about rape were deeply offensive and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> do you think for the benefit of the party, sir, he should drop out? >> he should consider what's in the best interest of the things he believes most deeply. what will help the country at this critical time. >> i believe he believes in evolution because this afternoon on his radio show, rush limbaugh joined the criticism and shortly after, a romney campaign spokeswoman released this statement on akin. today, his fellow missourians urged him to step aside and i think he should accept a exit the senate race. this is a strange progression and a slow one. after hearing from rushbo, i wonder who the boss of the republican party is? looks like it's rushbo again. >> i don't know if this has anything to do with rush limbaugh. i think it has more to do with the
congressman ryan differs with mitt romney. he believes abortion should only be used to save a mother's life. on monday, romney took a harsher turn. in an interview, he said this. >> comments about rape were deeply offensive and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> do you think for the benefit of the party, sir, he should drop out? >> he should consider what's in the best interest of the things he believes most deeply. what will help the country at this critical...
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this is not some romney/ryan spread sheet. these are real people with real families and their real jobs were saved by president obama's policies. >> just a few years ago when the auto industry was flatlining, what was in his and governor romney's play book? let detroit go bankrupt. we weren't going to let detroit go bankrupt or lordstown go bankrupt or toledo go bankrupt. i stood with american workers. i stood with american manufacturing. i believed in you. i bet on you. i'll make that bet any day of the week. and because of that bet three years later that bet is paying off for america. >> the president bet on america time and time again. and because of that, we're better off. case closed. joining me now is chairwoman of the democratic national committee, congresswoman debbie wasserman shultz. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank you. great to be with you again. >> what does the president need to do this week? >> what we're doing this week unlike the invitation only corporate infused back room deal smoke filled room affair
this is not some romney/ryan spread sheet. these are real people with real families and their real jobs were saved by president obama's policies. >> just a few years ago when the auto industry was flatlining, what was in his and governor romney's play book? let detroit go bankrupt. we weren't going to let detroit go bankrupt or lordstown go bankrupt or toledo go bankrupt. i stood with american workers. i stood with american manufacturing. i believed in you. i bet on you. i'll make that...
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ryan. >> romney, ryan, romney, ryan. >> so that people don't get tired of her. >> when you go after my man -- >> stop it, this is hard. you want to try, it get in the ring. >> was i a little strong? >> never apologize for america. >> people will call my awful things every day. there are going to be bumps in the road. >> what's with the wily coyote nuclear bomb? >> 90 minute attack ad. >> president is obviously a very eloquent and gifted speaker. >> i would have, bam. >> i have neve been in a presidential debate like this. >> let's get right to our panel now. we're joined by democratic strategist julian epstein, michelle cottle, washington correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast, and michael krouly who is "time's" washington bureau sheaf. allow me to read to you if i may part of a statement from beth myers. she says the president is a universally acclaimed public speaker. it's clear he will use his ample rhetorical gifts and debating experience to one end, attacking mitt romney. i have to say, julian, that sounds suspiciously flattering to me. ten minutes ago they were saying t
ryan. >> romney, ryan, romney, ryan. >> so that people don't get tired of her. >> when you go after my man -- >> stop it, this is hard. you want to try, it get in the ring. >> was i a little strong? >> never apologize for america. >> people will call my awful things every day. there are going to be bumps in the road. >> what's with the wily coyote nuclear bomb? >> 90 minute attack ad. >> president is obviously a very eloquent and...
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what's going on is the romney/radio iromney romney/ryan camp has fused their ideology. that's the reason why they're trying to redefine small businesses as someone like donald trump or some skind of hedge under with a few employees. the reality is that our system is a redistributive system. any system where you pay taxes and use the resources for infrastructure redistributes the wealth of the common folk to then build bridges, build school, hire teachers. it doesn't make sense to try to demonize the government for the very fiber of its existence. it doesn't make sense. >> let me say, i agree with that point wholeheartedly, but i will also point out that there are many breaks in our tax code that redistribute income upward -- >> of course. >> -- and it's the hedge fund guys and gals, mostly guys, that are the beneficiaries of that and that's why mitt romney pays 14% effective tax rate when lots of people whose incomes are far lower pay double that rate. >> sorry to correct you, jared. it's actually 9% if he actually paid the tax rate that he should have paid in 2011 with
what's going on is the romney/radio iromney romney/ryan camp has fused their ideology. that's the reason why they're trying to redefine small businesses as someone like donald trump or some skind of hedge under with a few employees. the reality is that our system is a redistributive system. any system where you pay taxes and use the resources for infrastructure redistributes the wealth of the common folk to then build bridges, build school, hire teachers. it doesn't make sense to try to...
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now it is ryan -- romney/ryan or is it ryan/romney? either way, the theory has been tested. it failed. our economy failed. the middle class paid the price and your family paid the price. mitt romney just doesn't get it. >> now, republicans were just as vigorous in their response today. mitt romney was in hardware store in new hampshire to talk shop. look being as stiff as any two-by-four in the house while chuck grassley was out in iowa? we are within an administration that believes in trickle-down government. we believe in a philosophy according to the constitution we want to trickle government up to government. >> can someone get that man an empty chair? okay. better try someone else. how about ann romney working the female factor at a women for mitt rally in ohio? >> when did it become unpopular in america to be successful? we are not going to apologize for our success. and we are not going to apologize for america. >> that's funny. i don't remember anyone asking the romneys to apologize for their success. then again, no one apologized for america either, did they? let's
now it is ryan -- romney/ryan or is it ryan/romney? either way, the theory has been tested. it failed. our economy failed. the middle class paid the price and your family paid the price. mitt romney just doesn't get it. >> now, republicans were just as vigorous in their response today. mitt romney was in hardware store in new hampshire to talk shop. look being as stiff as any two-by-four in the house while chuck grassley was out in iowa? we are within an administration that believes in...
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mitt romney and paul ryan both supported the war in iraq. they say it was not a mistake. how do you convince the country to put a republican in the white house without also making the case that you would be different than george bush? that you at least have a new and improved approach to foreign policy. the romney campaign has tried to avoid the issue during this campaign to the point that the candidate did not even mention the war we are in during his acceptance speech at his convention. but tonight the questions will finally be unavoidable and george bush's record, if not his name, will hang over every single answer. does the republican party think there are any lessons to be learned from the iraq war and the bush years? or would a vote for romney just a vote for four more years of that? chris, do you feel like there's anything new under the sun in terms of republican politics and foreign policy since bush? >> no, i think it's redux. what scares me about romney is his lack of historic sense. all our great presidents going back to truman with the marshall plan and kenned
mitt romney and paul ryan both supported the war in iraq. they say it was not a mistake. how do you convince the country to put a republican in the white house without also making the case that you would be different than george bush? that you at least have a new and improved approach to foreign policy. the romney campaign has tried to avoid the issue during this campaign to the point that the candidate did not even mention the war we are in during his acceptance speech at his convention. but...
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scott walker, paul ryan and romney, very close. i think the fact that i'm on the ticket is going to help the republicans carry the state of wisconsin. uh i think we are going to have a tremendous concerted, unified effort and i think we'll carry wisconsin. for the first time since the second term of ronald reagan. >> by the way, governor thompson said he thought the place he could win over obama voters, if you will, for the romney folks was on the western part of the state. for those of you geographic nuts about the electorate. up next live from tampa, it's msnbc's own chris matthews. he's here with his take on the rnc and a preview of his upcoming special on president obama which airs tomorrow night. plus, tropical storm isaac is still dumping water across the gulf coast. you're watching a special edition live from tampa, florida. we'll be right back. look, it's no-tie matthews. you do this every morning? it's the only way to get fresh coffee. not in my house! this new flavor lock pack from maxwell house helps seal in freshness. w
scott walker, paul ryan and romney, very close. i think the fact that i'm on the ticket is going to help the republicans carry the state of wisconsin. uh i think we are going to have a tremendous concerted, unified effort and i think we'll carry wisconsin. for the first time since the second term of ronald reagan. >> by the way, governor thompson said he thought the place he could win over obama voters, if you will, for the romney folks was on the western part of the state. for those of...
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romney/ryan the ticket itself has moved to end medicare as we know it. ryan's made clear that he is with akin. and we're talking about massive holes in the deficit while independent analysts want to raise taxes on the middle class by $2,000 a year to give mitt romney a $4.5 million tax cut. so i don't think you have to look much beyond the ticket. i think we've got to get away from the myth that mitt romney is somehow this moderate, reasonable guy who's just getting yanked against his will. if you look at the welfare ad you were just looking at, there wasn't some ground swell asking him to make up lies about welfare reform and lean into the worst kind of politics. that came straight from him and his campaign. i think this idea he's getting pulled against his will is becoming a harder and harder case to make except the argument that this is where he's deciding to lead. >> isn't tom really right? isn't it more of a question of being abrasive with manners or being abrasive with no manners but they're all abrasive? >> he's a grownup. he makes his own choices
romney/ryan the ticket itself has moved to end medicare as we know it. ryan's made clear that he is with akin. and we're talking about massive holes in the deficit while independent analysts want to raise taxes on the middle class by $2,000 a year to give mitt romney a $4.5 million tax cut. so i don't think you have to look much beyond the ticket. i think we've got to get away from the myth that mitt romney is somehow this moderate, reasonable guy who's just getting yanked against his will. if...
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if you want to ask what would romney and ryan do once in office have you the look at what mitt romney's proposal is. that's what paul ryan is endorsing at the moment. >> what's your thought on that, ner neera? it seems to me they are radical. newt gingrich said this is radical right-wing social engineering and still looks like it. >> i think the problem for mitt romney in this, paul ryan has strong views. they are unpopular, people won't like them. he's trying to shift. in shifting over the last few days i think he really has helped hard on the view he does not have -- there are -- not a lot of conviction there. conservatives pushed him to make this selection of paul ryan and it is a risky selection. many of them believe it is a risky selection. he made this risky selection. precisely because conservatives didn't trust him to be conservative enough. so -- now -- >> are you concerned, neera, this guy ryan believes in the person hood of -- cause, he believes can't have abortion of any circumstances because you have to believe in the personhood of some -- any unborn child to be -- after co
if you want to ask what would romney and ryan do once in office have you the look at what mitt romney's proposal is. that's what paul ryan is endorsing at the moment. >> what's your thought on that, ner neera? it seems to me they are radical. newt gingrich said this is radical right-wing social engineering and still looks like it. >> i think the problem for mitt romney in this, paul ryan has strong views. they are unpopular, people won't like them. he's trying to shift. in shifting...
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paul ryan has conceded that mitt romney's 47% comments were inarticulate. they seem to acknowledge that the 47%, largely the elderly, working poor, veterans, but now ryan sounds as if he agrees with mitt. which is it? >> that's right. you could imagine john mccain in 2008 saying, wait a second, that 47% is made up of veterans who have paid their debt to society with blood literally. it's made up of mostly working people, most of that 47% are working americans, working middle class, working poor. >> hard working who earn less than $30,000 a year. >> or even $40,000 or $50,000 and many of those -- many of that 47% is made up of seniors. you know, this network is going to have a new poll later today that's going to show the race tightening and the national numbers but not in the battleground states i think. one of the big reasons for that, one of the big underreported reasons for that is how the romney/ryan ticket has offended seniors. we've talked about how this ticket offended women, african-americans, hispanics. the big story is how they have offended senio
paul ryan has conceded that mitt romney's 47% comments were inarticulate. they seem to acknowledge that the 47%, largely the elderly, working poor, veterans, but now ryan sounds as if he agrees with mitt. which is it? >> that's right. you could imagine john mccain in 2008 saying, wait a second, that 47% is made up of veterans who have paid their debt to society with blood literally. it's made up of mostly working people, most of that 47% are working americans, working middle class,...
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they need to do some damage control and tag gk romney needs to get in line with the romney and ryan campaign. >> one of the striking -- one of the findings from harvard speaking about the younger generation, a new poll from harvard points out a 19-point gap among young voters favoring the president. so would you agree they have a better chance of beating mr. romney than tagg does of taking down the president? >> the president looks pretty strong. i think that would be a pretty good fight. pay per view would probably do pretty well. it's no surprise that there's a big youth gap between president obama and mitt romney. >> why do you say that, david? why is it no surprise? >> i think on at lot of issues whether it's gay rights, abortion -- >> hong ang on, mr. romney has flipped on all of those. young people could decide to go with his more amenable positions. skr they could if they were paying attention the last four nano seconds. he will switch back at some point as well. it's understandable. the concern that the obama camp has, and i talked to somebody close to it this afternoon is while they
they need to do some damage control and tag gk romney needs to get in line with the romney and ryan campaign. >> one of the striking -- one of the findings from harvard speaking about the younger generation, a new poll from harvard points out a 19-point gap among young voters favoring the president. so would you agree they have a better chance of beating mr. romney than tagg does of taking down the president? >> the president looks pretty strong. i think that would be a pretty good...
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i don't think ryan is going towards romney. i think we're going to see the culture of this ticket is more ryan. we're going to watch a ryan convention. not a romney convention. we'll say it up there. thank you for your passion and your thoughts tonight. >>> coming up, the other republican embarrass m, walking on water you might say. that's politico's report today that a group of republican freshman went on an alcohol fueled dip in the sea of galilee. this is carry on congressman time. if that sounds like a celebration to you, by the way, you are not alone. one of the congressmen went skinny dipping in the holy water over there. we're going to talk about that coming up, which normally would have been our biggest joke. plus, welfare fraud. those pro romney ads. claiming the president's ended the work requirements for welfare. also, good-bye, no drama obama. hello, campaign tension. but bigger stuff in that coming up next. let me finish for tonight with a romney presidency would look like if he means what he says. that's going to
i don't think ryan is going towards romney. i think we're going to see the culture of this ticket is more ryan. we're going to watch a ryan convention. not a romney convention. we'll say it up there. thank you for your passion and your thoughts tonight. >>> coming up, the other republican embarrass m, walking on water you might say. that's politico's report today that a group of republican freshman went on an alcohol fueled dip in the sea of galilee. this is carry on congressman time....
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i cannot say the same thing for governor ryan and -- governor romney and congressman ryan. they have not in any way decisively put an end to this dialogue that would suggest that because barack obama believes differently than they do ideologically or politically, somehow he's outside the pale of their christian belief. the real religion in america is not mormonism versus evangelical christianity, it's about whiteness. what joan walsh is talking about here is that whiteness is a signifier of political identity. it's not a pigment reality. it's not about the epidermis fetish of white supremacy. white people themselves are victims of white superiority first because it's not true and secondly because mitt romney has already said what he believes about 47% of white people. >> that's absolutely true. >> he's made you -- you are a symbolic black person so get in with us. you might as well cast your fate with us. >> very quickly, karen. >> let's hope a broad coalition of americans re-elect president obama so then it's something we can all forget about. that is unity. >> joan walsh,
i cannot say the same thing for governor ryan and -- governor romney and congressman ryan. they have not in any way decisively put an end to this dialogue that would suggest that because barack obama believes differently than they do ideologically or politically, somehow he's outside the pale of their christian belief. the real religion in america is not mormonism versus evangelical christianity, it's about whiteness. what joan walsh is talking about here is that whiteness is a signifier of...
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that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal service, basic research, foreign aid, housing subsidy, census, pell grant, trademark office, fda, all has to be cut on average 40%. not even remotely plausible. the consequences would be catastrophic. a lot of republicans when they vote say there's nothing in the federal government for me, i don't care how much they cut it. >> that's not true. >> cuts that are significant to me, i am trying to give your politician a break. must be some reason why. >> what republicans generally argue is that the governments, you know, going back to certainly bush years and even back to reagan has grown. so you have this new bree
that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal...
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the ryan/romney ticket will double down on trickle down. that's what got us into the mess in the first place. i appreciated his stress on deregulating the financial markets again. all of that, in my opinion, was very abusive, and i enjoy and appreciate president obama's clarity that wall street has to play by the same rules as main street. i'm a lifelong democrat. i come from generations of democrats. we believe it's about growing the middle class from the inside out and allowing poor people the safety net so that they can work their way into our economy. and that doesn't happen with tax cuts for the rich. >> ashley judd, good luck on your political career. we know about your success in the world of theater. congratulations on your emmy nomination. good luck on that. >> thank you. the day before i'm going to an amazing conference on the brewing crisis with one of my mentors. so it will be a nice balance. it will be a typical a.j. weekend. >> that's terrific. thank you. >> thank you so much, andrea. pleasure. >> and what political story will
the ryan/romney ticket will double down on trickle down. that's what got us into the mess in the first place. i appreciated his stress on deregulating the financial markets again. all of that, in my opinion, was very abusive, and i enjoy and appreciate president obama's clarity that wall street has to play by the same rules as main street. i'm a lifelong democrat. i come from generations of democrats. we believe it's about growing the middle class from the inside out and allowing poor people...